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- Deacon WILLIAM DOUGLAS III was born in New London, CT., on February 19, 1672. He was admitted to the church, July 24, 1698. The next year he removed with his wife and two children to "the new plantation on the Quinnebaug, which was afterwards named Plainfield". Here lands were set off to him "on the east side of the river". He also owned lands in Voluntown, which he purchased of his father, August 18, 1715, for "thirteen pounds of good and current money."
He was one of the little company that convenanted together and formed a church in Plainfield, in 1705. Deacon William was chosen as the new church's first deacon. The inscription on his gravestone in Plainfield, reads:
"In memory of Mr. William Douglas, Who was ye first Deacon of ye churh of Christ in Plainfield who Departed this life August ye 10th A.D. 1719 in ye 46th year of his Age."
In his will he provided for his wife Sarah and eleven children, all of the latter under twenty-one years old. His wife was Sarah Proctor, but no date of his marriage can be found in the New London records. His eldest two children were in New London, all of the others in Plainfield. His widow, Sarah, was living in 1729, but no record of er death has been found.
Children of William III and Sarah:
1) Hannah b. September 7, 1696; married February 9, 1713-14 to Thomas Williams, Plainfield
2) William b. February 19, 1697-98; married Mary Hanover
3) Samuel b. April 13, 1699; d. June, 1703
4) Abiah b. February 26, 1701; married May 3, 1720, Henry Holland, Plainfield
5) John b. July 28, 1703 m. Olive Spaulding
6) Sarah b. December 7, 1704
7) Jerusha b. April 26, 1706
8) Samuel b. December 3, 1707 m. Mary ___
9) Benajah b. September 17, 1710
10) James b. May 20, 1711; married Rachel March
11) Thomas b. November 26, 1712; married Martha Gallup
12)ASA b. December 11, 1715; married REBECCA WHEELER
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